Date: Tue, 2 Jul 1996 15:06:24 -0400 (EDT) From: Henry Spencer <henry@zoo.toronto.edu> To: bbecker@flubber.futurecomm.com Cc: Dennis <dennis@etinc.com>, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org, bsdi-users@bsdi.com Subject: Re: Ethernet Bandwidth Manager Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9607021420.B522-0100000@zoo.toronto.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.93.960702140223.2925B-100000@flubber.futurecomm.com>
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> You have a point, but i think he does too. The posting looked to me to be
> more of a sales-pitch than anything else. Ad copy doesn't belong in here,
> does it? Even the BSDI notes about new versions that you see here, don't
> sound like a straw-hat-and-cane routine...
I'd say Bill has put his finger on the crux of the issue. A brief note
saying "we've got XXX available now, contact us for more info" is not out
of place, provided XXX really is new in some way (not just the tenth or
hundredth near-identical commodity product) and is of interest to this
particular community. But posting ad copy or a press release to the list
is inappropriate -- the hype/facts ratio is too poor.
Unless the product is something *really* unusual which has to be explained
in detail -- bearing in mind that the audience here is techies -- such a
note should fit in one paragraph.
Henry Spencer
henry@zoo.toronto.edu
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